Flexible readout and integration sensor (FRIS): A bio-inspired, system-on-chip, event-based readout architecture

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8353, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lin, Joseph H ^a   Pouliquen, Philippe O ^a   Andreou, Andreas G ^a   Goldberg, Arnold C ^a   Rizk, Charbel G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital Pixel; Focal Plane Array; FPA; Infrared Sensor; ROIC; Sigma Delta ADC

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; GERMANIUM; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP;

DIGITAL PIXEL; FPA; INFRA-RED SENSOR; ROIC; SIGMA-DELTA ADC;

PIXELS;

EID: 84870161049     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.919584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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